He faults left-leaning Mexican intellectuals for clinging to a defensive, knee-jerk suspicion of the United States.

Iordan was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union in August 1945 - during a period when left-leaning intellectuals became the predilect candidates for the diplomatic corps.

Unusually among twentieth-century left-leaning intellectuals, she became more religious and inclined towards mysticism as her life progressed.

She is the leader of the Socialist Left Party, which draws support from students, teachers and left-leaning intellectuals.

Even some left-leaning intellectuals were doubtful on Friday, noting the Mexican public has a long history of accepting corruption and political injustice as part of life.

And that is why a smattering of left-leaning intellectuals also signed on as anti-abortion advocates.

"I have friends who are left-leaning intellectuals, and they're proud to tell me they can get to Hamburg from Berlin in two hours," Mr. Schneider said.

Trudeau was a left-leaning but free-thinking intellectual who had traveled to the Soviet Union in the 1950s and was arrested for throwing a snowball at a statue of Stalin.

Further, 40 left-leaning intellectuals have rallied around him, saying he is being persecuted for opposing French colonial rule.

Mr. Fox has attracted the backing of prominent left-leaning intellectuals and politicians once allied with Mr. Cardenas, who is making his third run for the presidency.